TikTok: How did the wildly popular app end up in danger of a US ban

TikTok is on the verge of being banned in the U.S., meaning there's a chance your days of endlessly swiping through videos are numbered. On Thursday, CEO Shou Zi Chew will appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where he’s expected to face sharp questions and calls by representatives to kill the app. There's, of course, a larger debate about what this means for Americans' First Amendment rights, data privacy, and competitors like Meta (META) and Snap (SNAP). But let's talk about how we got here first. TikTok wasn't always TikTok, at least not exactly. In 2014, Chinese entrepreneurs…